torromolinos, yes. we rented an apartment for a month in carvajal, just southwest along the coast from torromolinos. i remember three things about torromolinos. one a tower that was circular kindof like the twin towers in chicago called marina city, two a british style restaurant with excellent fish and chips, run of course by an indian, and a line of taxis near the restaurant all shiny, all diesels and all idling contentedly. many of them were the spanish fiats called seats and many ran the little sign on the side "mercedes benz diesel".

i remember one night we were low on dough waiting for my next check to come in (monthly). we were down to peanut butter and french bread i think or maybe salami. and we were out for a walk and there sitting on a bench at the bus stop was a sack of groceries. it was like a gift from God. nobody was around, so we took it home. there was a nice piece of meat, very white, i guessed it was mutton. we baked it and enjoyed it very much.

there was a little range of mountains that went up from the coast maybe a thousand feet or less i suppose. we climbed up to the top one day. it was very quiet but we could hear clearly fishing boats out about a mile or so with that distinctive thump thump of a one cylinder diesel.

it was a lovely place and a lovely time in my life.

tom w

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